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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

13 km ESE of Yachats, Oregon

· 24 km deep · released about 430 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lincoln County 43 kmBenton County 50 kmPolk County 84 kmLane County 92 kmLinn County 116 kmCoos County 119 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
24 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Lincoln County, 43 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1512 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 430 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 35,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 25,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 430 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 44.2518, -123.9532. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lincoln County, OR 43 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Benton County, OR 50 km (31 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Benton County
Polk County, OR 84 km (52 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Lane County, OR 92 km (57 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Lane County
Linn County, OR 116 km (72 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Linn County
Coos County, OR 119 km (74 mi) N of here earthquakes near Coos County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.7 29 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  2. 1.7 10 km S of Alsea, Oregon
  3. 1.9 3 km NW of Yachats, Oregon
  4. 1.9 23 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  5. 1.9 16 km SSE of Toledo, Oregon
  6. 2.7 27 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  7. 1.7 28 km ESE of Florence, Oregon
  8. 1.6 18 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  9. 2.3 29 km W of Waldport, Oregon
  10. 1.8 27 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  11. 1.9 12 km E of Toledo, Oregon
  12. 1.5 28 km WNW of Yachats, Oregon
  13. 1.9 30 km W of Yachats, Oregon
  14. 1.8 31 km W of Yachats, Oregon
  15. 1.8 31 km W of Yachats, Oregon

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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